CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 



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Introduction.— The Care of Puppies after "Weaning.— Feeding.— Exercise.— 



Washing.— Kennel Arrangements.— Grooming.— Vermin. ... I 



CHAPTER II. 



ANTIDOTES AND TREATMENT IN CASES OF POISONING. 



General Remarks.— Rules in using Medicine. — Arsenic— Strychnine and Nux 

 Vomica.— Carbolic Acid.— Phosphorus.— Mercury.— Lead Salts.— Gen- 

 eral Antidote 15 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE. 



Pathology.— Definition of Health.— Diagnosis.— Reasoning by way of Exclu- 

 sion.— Prognosis.— Prognostics.— Causation.— Administering Medicine. . 19 



CHAPTER IV. 



SPECIAL PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. 



Introduction.— Definition of terms Acute, Subacute, and Chronic— Self-limited 

 Duration of Certain Diseases.— The Expectant Plan of Treatment- 

 Rules for Estimating the Doses of Medicine.— Examination of a Dog.— 

 Indications of the Pulse.— Importance of Hygienic Measures of Treat- 

 ment 23 



DISEASES AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 



Acute Pleurisy.— Chronic Pleurisy.— Pneumonia.— Bronchitis.— Consumption. 

 —Asthma. — Acute Laryngitis.— Chronic Laryngitis. — Acute Catarrh.— 

 Nasal Polypus.— Ozsena. — Influenza. . 25 



CHAPTER V. 



AFFECTIONS OF THE MOUTH AND TONGUE. 



Eruption of the Teeth.— Treatment of the Teeth.— Softening of the Gums.— 

 Cancrum Oris.— Salivation. — Blain.— Inflammation of the Tongue.— 

 Pharyngitis 49 



